Skip to content
A Way with Words is an upbeat and lively show about language examined through culture, history, and family. Language debates, variations, and evolution, as well as new words, old sayings, slang, family expressions, word histories, etymology, linguistics, regional dialects, word games, grammar, books, literature, writing, and more.

A Way with Words

Listen Live

Listen Live

A one-hour edition of the popular afternoon radio newsmagazine delivering breaking news mixed with compelling analysis, insightful commentaries, interviews and special features, and transforming the way listeners understand current events and view the world.
Next

Weekend All Things Considered

A one-hour edition of the popular afternoon radio newsmagazine delivering breaking news mixed with compelling analysis, insightful commentaries, interviews and special features, and transforming the way listeners understand current events and view the world.

WHYY
rewind
play
fast-forward
 
 
 
Radio Schedule
WHYY
  • DONATE
Primary Menu
  • News
  • Radio & Podcasts
    • Radio Schedule
    • Ways to Stream
    • WHYY Listen App
  • TV
    • WHYY TV Schedule
    • WHYY Watch App
    • Live TV
    • Watch on Demand
    • Stream PBS Kids
  • Arts
  • Events
  • Education
    • WHYY Youth Media
    • WHYY Media Labs
    • WHYY Early Education Programs
    • For Students
    • Pathways to Media Careers
    • Youth Media Awards
  • Support
    • Membership
    • WHYY Passport
    • WHYY Member Portal
    • Sponsorship
    • Vehicle Donation Program
    • Volunteer
  • NEWSLETTERS
  • DONATE

Community

Joseph Ruffin at his home office in Nicetown. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Business
Technology

Tech to the rescue: As business moves online, IT jobs more essential than ever — for now

Technology workers have been largely spared from coronavirus layoffs so far, stepping up as essential workers to make remote work possible.

6 years ago

Listen 4:59
Baking Bread
Things To Do
Community Events
April 16 - 22, 2020

Cooking for comfort, must-see TV, National Library Week and Beethoven at home in this week’s ‘Things To Do’

The coronavirus has changed everything. But arts and cultural institutions have gamely continued to provide innovative ways to keep their audiences entertained.

6 years ago

Mira Patel and her sister Veda. (Courtesy of Dee Patel)
K-12

Coronavirus: The world has come together to flatten the curve. Can we stay united to tackle other crises?

Watching the world come together gives me hope for the future, writes Mira Patel, a high school junior.

6 years ago

(Provided to Billy Penn)
Health Care
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

#ThankYouPhilly: Giant posters turn boarded-up storefronts into essential worker tributes

The campaign shouts out everyone from doctors to utility workers.

6 years ago

In this May 7, 2018 photo, Philadelphia 76ers' co-owner Michael Rubin, center, talks with rappers Lil Uzi Vert, left, and Meek Mill during the first half of Game 4 of an NBA basketball second-round playoff series against the Boston Celtics in Philadelphia. Meek Mill had a string of high-profile names support him during a five-month campaign to be freed on bail from prison for probation violations. But the Philly rapper’s biggest advocate was one of his closest friends, the e-commerce entrepreneur who arranged for a helicopter to take Mill from prison to a Sixers' playoff game. Michael Rubin owns Fanatics and co-owns the Sixers and has vowed to tackle criminal justice reform. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
Philadelphia
Public Health
Billy Penn

Kevin Hart, Meek Mill, Ben Simmons join Sixers co-owner’s massive coronavirus fundraising challenge

Celebs and athletes are chipping in to Michael Rubin’s “All-In” fund.

6 years ago

The scene outside a partial building collapse in Strawberry Mansion on Monday INSTAGRAM / @NOGUNZONE
Philadelphia
Public Safety
Billy Penn

Storm destroys Philly warehouse wall, splattering bricks across the street

The Strawberry Mansion building had been sitting vacant for a while.

6 years ago

For construction workers who aren’t U.S. citizens, there are fewer options for keeping food on the table during the region’s coronavirus shutdown.
(Rachel Wisniewski for WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Immigration
Philadelphia
Public Health
Broke in Philly

No coronavirus relief for the undocumented workers behind Philly’s building boom

For construction workers who aren’t U.S. citizens, there are fewer options for keeping food on the table during the region’s coronavirus shutdown.

6 years ago

Tidal flooding in Pelican Island, N.J. on April 13, 2020. (Courtesy of Dominick Solazzo)
Down the Shore
Environment
New Jersey

Tens of thousands lose power at the Jersey Shore as potent storm lashes region

Tens of thousands of Jersey Shore residents are without power Monday afternoon amid a potent storm that is wreaking havoc throughout the region.

6 years ago

School buses are parked at a depot Thursday, April 9, 2020, in Zelienople, Pa. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)
Radio Times
Elections
K-12

Regional Roundup – 04/13/20

This week: PA schools announce closures through the academic year, Philadelphia budet cuts due to pandemic, changes to the NJ primary election.

Air Date: April 13, 2020 10:00 am

Listen 48:58
Roderick Sanders came to pick up food at a Long Branch food pantry after losing his job in a local restaurant. (Jon Hurdle/NJ Spotlight)
Income Inequality
New Jersey
Public Health
NJ Spotlight

Pressure on Food Banks and Pantries as Demand Surges with Rising Jobless Ranks

Food distributors hit by reduced donations, higher prices and fewer volunteers

6 years ago

How do you meet your new neighbors when everyone’s in but no one is coming out? Our reporter invites her new neighbors to a virtual housewarming. (Courtesy of Buffy Gorrilla)
Philadelphia
Public Health

Coronavirus spurs a digital housewarming, very casual, pants optional?

How do you meet your new neighbors when everyone’s in but no one is coming out? Our reporter invites her new neighbors to a virtual housewarming.

6 years ago

Listen 4:52
Rod Nevin, from Reading, brings Easter hymns to a Chestnut Hill neighborhood in an attempt to bring joy for those sheltered-at-home, on April 12, 2020. (Emily Cohen for WHYY)
Philadelphia
Public Health
Religion

‘It lifts our spirits’: Philly area celebrates Easter with bagpipes, wearing PJs in parking lots

A church in Chestnut Hill greeted neighbors with a bagpipe band, while another in New Castle offered services in its parking lot for pajama-clad worshippers.

6 years ago

Listen 1:43
A U.S. Coast Guard aircrew aboard an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter rescue a man from a sailboat approximately 200 miles southeast of New Jersey, April 10, 2020. 
(Screenshot from a U.S. Coast Guard video by Air Station Elizabeth City)
Down the Shore
Military
New Jersey

Coast Guard makes daring nighttime rescue in rough seas off N.J.

A man was rescued Friday evening after an electrical fire sparked on a sailboat about 200 miles southeast of Cape May, authorities said. 

6 years ago

(Jana Shea/WHYY)
Down the Shore
Environment
New Jersey

NWS: Widespread power outages likely at the Jersey Shore amid Monday windstorm

Widespread power outages are likely Monday amid a windstorm that could generate wind gusts to 70 mph, forecasters warn. 

6 years ago

The Delaware Historical Society wants your stories for its
Delaware
History

Delaware Historical Society wants people to share stories for ‘COVID Chronicles’

Files can be uploaded to the society’s website in text, audio, video or other forms. Selected recollections will be shared via social media.

6 years ago

Page 605 of 970« First«...603604605606607...»Last »
Arts & Entertainment Community Courts & Law Education Health Lifestyle Money Politics & Policy Science Urban Planning Weather
  • WHYY thanks our sponsors — become a WHYY sponsor
  • WHYY thanks our sponsors — become a WHYY sponsor

Latest News

  • PHA and NAMI host songwriting workshop for Philadelphia youth during Mental Health Awareness Month

    12 hours ago

  • Sen. David McCormick tours AI-powered biotech labs at Penn to promote AI and federal funding admit NSF turmoil

    24 hours ago

  • A new map spotlights Revolutionary War history in Bucks County

    1 day ago

  • WHYY thanks our sponsors — become a WHYY sponsor

Want a digest of WHYY’s programs, events & stories? Sign up for our weekly newsletter.

Together we can reach 100% of WHYY’s fiscal year goal

Donate
Learn about WHYY Member benefits
Ways to Donate
WHYY

WHYY provides trustworthy, fact-based, local news and information and world-class entertainment to everyone in our community.

WHYY offers a voice to those not heard, a platform to share everyone’s stories, a foundation to empower early and lifelong learners and a trusted space for unbiased news. Learn more about Social Responsibility at WHYY. It’s how we live.

Contact Us

Philadelphia

215.351.1200
talkback@whyy.org

Delaware

302.516.7506
talkback@whyy.org

Our Programs

  • Albie’s Elevator
  • Ask Governor Meyer
  • Billy Penn at WHYY
  • Check, Please! Philly
  • The Connection
  • The Declaration’s Journey
  • Delishtory
  • Flicks
  • Fresh Air
  • Good Souls
  • Hittin’ Season
  • Jukebox Journey
  • On Stage at Curtis
  • Peak Travel
  • PlanPhilly
  • The Pulse
  • Sports In America
  • Studio 2
  • Things To Do
  • Voices in the Family
  • WHYY News Climate Desk
  • You Oughta Know

Inside WHYY

  • About
    • Social Responsibility at WHYY
    • Board and Executives
    • Community Advisory Board
    • Frequently Asked Questions
    • Employment
    • Internships
    • Press Room
    • Meet Our Newsroom
    • WHYY News Style Guide
    • WHYY Productions
    • WHYY Spaces
    • Submissions
    • History
    • Directions
    • Coverage Area
    • Financial Statements
    • WHYY Community Report
    • Supporters
    • Privacy
  • Mobile Apps
  • Meet Our Newsroom
  • Employment
  • Lifelong Learning Award
  • Bridging Blocks
  • Contact Us
  • Sponsorship
  • Directions
  • FCC Public Files
  • FCC Applications

Follow Us

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Instagram
  • YouTube
Sign up for a Newsletter

© 2026 WHYY

  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of Use for WHYY.org